What is the center and radius of the circle with equation 2(x-2)^2+2(y+5)^2=28?

1 Answer
Jan 25, 2016

Center (x,y)=(2,-5)
Radius: sqrt(14)

Explanation:

2(x-2)^2+2(y+5)^2=28
color(white)("XXX")is equivalent to
(x-2)^2+(y+5)^2=14 (after dividing by 2)
or
(x-2)^2+(y-(-5))^2=(sqrt(14))^2

Any equation of the form
color(white)("XXX")(x-a)^2+(y-b)2 = r^2
is a circle with center (a,b) and radius r

So the given equation
is a circle with center (2,-5) and radius sqrt(14)
graph{2(x-2)^2+2(y+5)^2=28 [-7.78, 10, -8.82, 0.07]}